Avengers #5

Avengers #5 maintains the magnitude of this first arc. This is one hell of a first Tribulation Event for the team, relentlessly restraining and overwhelming the Avengers from start to finish. Read Full Review

Once again, this creative team has dropped a fantastic book for the readers. The action, plot, and desperation of this series continues to ramp up as The Avengers find themselves in the middle of an impossible situation. The final pages left me with goosebumps and a fist pumping as I said aloud with them, “NO!” The Avengers are in capable hands and I'm so very excited to see where this story goes next! Read Full Review

 Fiorelli delivers some amazing art in this issue. The visuals are vibrant and brilliantly detailed. Both the action and character moments are stunning to look at. Read Full Review

Avengers is a pulse-pounding joyride of new characters and excellent action. The series can't stop itself from raising the stakes of each issue while making each unique villain shine through more clearly. Avengers #5 is an exciting superhero comic in an age when we mostly settle for repetitive tales. Read Full Review

Avengers #5 is a visual feast for the eyes with its well-designed new villains and gargantuan sci-fi set pieces. The issue successfully balances a drearier tone while maintaining a heroic and hopeful spirit. Read Full Review

Avengers #5 was not designed to push the overall Impossible City story forward. This was more about getting over the Ashen Combine over as they overpowered the Avengers. The way that was accomplished will be good for the long-term and builds greater confidence in Jed MacKay being the correct choice as the writer of the main Avengers series. Read Full Review

Avengers #5 continues the battle between Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the alien villains the Ashen Combine. The comic shows off Vision and Captain Marvel take on two members of the Ashen Combine, one of whom is okay while the other is more engaging. The art and colors work great in this comic, particularly near the latter of the half of the comic that highlights the Avengers' unconquerable spirit as individuals and as a superhero team. Read Full Review

Avengers #5 is not as strong as other issues in the series, but it features some welcome moments that Avengers fans will want to see, and it sets up the team for quite the comeback. Read Full Review

Several issues deep and we're still just introducing the new villains, who are creative, but don't have much depth beyond their funky ideas and very modern names. Read Full Review

Gio

Dec 25, 2024

Out of all the weird Halo 4 like villains (I mean Diadem makes me think of the forerunner aliens from Halo lol) the best one I liked was between Captain Marvel and Lord Ennui. The idea of Lord Ennui going to the busiest most populated place and basically bringing stillness to it slowly is a great idea.

Screaming Enigma

Sep 28, 2023

Another awesome issue here in what I would consider the best one yet. MacKay continues to establish The Ashen Combine very nicely here, and I really enjoyed the interaction with Sam, T'Challa, and The Impossible City. The ending of it was a great ending rally for the penultimate issue of this current story arc. I also particularly enjoyed the interactions between Carol and Lord Ennui. Ennui is probably the most interesting of this new group, although all of the members are cool in their own, respective, rights. Along with the story, Fiorelli's art is pretty good here and I think he'd make a great rotating artist for this run with C.F. Villa. All things considered, I loved this issue and it's another example of Jed MacKay being one of the be st writers at Marvel right now, if not THE best. more

Hailey

Oct 02, 2023

Most of this was just talk. But I liked it a lot. It´s kinda refreshing seeing this lineup of avengers.

BillyBat

Sep 30, 2023

I'm a bit surprised by the reception of this arc: for me, it's been a long time since I've read an Avengers comics this good. Of course, there are flaws. The Ashen Combine isn't developed enough, the action is too scattered... but when you compare it to Jason Aaron's run, it's like night and day.

Federico Liguori

Oct 02, 2023

I really like these weird villains.

CrazyforRAMU

Apr 23, 2025

Sam, T'Challa, and the City give this issue a nice organizing spine, just what the story needed. The art's pretty good (although something's off about Sam's head, right?), and there's some staggeringly good dialogue in the script. Overall, this is a nice rallying cry that reignites my enthusiasm for the arc just when I needed it to.

ResearchReader

Sep 30, 2023

This issue is good, but by breaking up the Avengers so quickly, so much time has been spent on these 1 vs 1 fights. Feels like a lot of wasted pages fighting the Ashen. It feels like it could be better but it still is interesting. Way better than the last run though.

2birdsstoned815

Sep 27, 2023

https://youtu.be/TbXkVlhF5Cw?si=B0FlWjyu9N0qp4Ec Review at (3:36) in video

Hislight

May 09, 2024

Kind of a cheesy ending but I really enjoy this. The main baddie is not that cool to me but it is still been a fun comic worth reading.

fzanca

Oct 07, 2023

After looking at some other reviews, I must be one of the few people that's not liking this story arc. I still don't understand why Carol sent two street-level characters into space to blow up a city, where if anything went wrong, there was no way for them to escape the detonation. Why not send Thor and herself, which would have been more logical? The entire issue is one long conversation with the city intercut with two fight scenes. Yeah, not loving this. My Comic Review Series - https://youtu.be/Jl5du1cZ2DI

Kenjamin

Jul 22, 2024

Art: 3/5 Story: 3.5/5 Total: 6.5/10

Mout

Oct 17, 2023

Can't believe how bland this is right now